September 10, 2008
Legal Careers, Legal Employment, Legal Practice
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From the Law Librarian Blog:
Bankruptcy filings in federal courts rose by 28.9 percent according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. There were 967,831 bankruptcy cases filed during the 12-month period that ended June 30, 2008, compared to 751,056 cases the previous 12 months. Historic data on bankruptcy filings is available on the Judiciary’s website under Bankruptcy Statistics.
September 10, 2008
Attorney Jobs, Job Searches, Legal Jobs, Legal Recruiter
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Not every law firm is suffering from declining revenues, facing layoffs or contemplating mergers to shore up their firms. At least one is doing it the old fashioned way – adding more lawyers.
Chicago based Arnstein & Lehr is looking to double its Florida attorney headcount and expand its Chicago office from 93 to 120 lawyers.
The firm is looking to increase its Florida force to 90 lawyers from the current 43 in an effort to give all its practice groups a presence in there. Arnstein & Lehr has offices in Miami, Tampa, West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale.
Chairman Ray Werner says the plan is to hire the attorneys over the next several years so that it has a presence in the state in all of its key practice areas, especially business areas such as bankruptcy and health care. Werner says the firm isn’t interested in expanding geographically or through a merger.
